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  • Description: Horatio Nelson Jackson, an American physician, is renowned for making the first successful automobile trip across the United States in 1903. This journey from San Francisco to New York City, undertaken with his mechanic Sewall Crocker and a dog named Bud, demonstrated the potential of automobiles and significantly influenced the American car culture
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Mad Doctor
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1872-1955
  • Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Car or similar, Mezzi a motore, Moyen motorisé
  • Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: USA
  • Internet: http://www.pbs.org/horatio
  • Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11338080
  • Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Duncan D., Burns K., Horatio's drive: America's first road trip, Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.
Precursori, Forerunners, Précurseurs
Viaggi stravaganti, Weird travels, Voyages insolites
Globetrotter contemporanei, Contemporary globetrotters, Globetrotteurs contemporains
Personaggi fittizi, Fictional character, Personnages de fiction

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